Rocket Skydiving -- Press Clips

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"I honestly believe that rocket skydiving would be far safer than airplane skydiving. There's no question in my mind," Walker said.

I'm not saying that I wouldn't jump at the chance to be involved if say, Rutan & Scaled Composites were involved, but THIS GUY?!?

Uh, I think I'm gonna skip the first load.

http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/brian_walker_031029.html

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[jfields 0]

I hope his rockets have less screws loose than he does.

[nightjumps 1]

By the time he puts on the G suit, gear, climbs in does the countdown, etc. We coulda done two loads outta Mullin's plane.

[skydivejersey 0]

I don't care. sign me up.

[TheAnvil 0]

I'm in. This sounds fun.

Wasn't there some company in Britain that was firing people out of a trebuchet onto a trampoline or something? that would be cool too.

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[mnischalke 0]

Has this guy ever actually made a skydive?

mike

Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills--You know, like nunchuk skills, bow-hunting skills, computer-hacking skills.

[AndyMan 7]

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I don't care. sign me up.

Don't hold your breath. I'm pretty sure this guy is on crack.

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[lazyfrog 0]

at what height are we supposed to exit ???
is the rocket going down beside the skydivers ??

***jumping from perfectly good rockets***
sounds nice...

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[lawrocket 3]

Ever see video of the dude who designed that? His wife wanted to give it a shot, so she was launched off of it.

A perfect shot, and she landed dead center on the net, then bounced off, breaking a few bones and being evacuated via ambulance.

I decided it wasn't for me.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

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Has this guy ever actually made a skydive?

Looks like he made at least a few AFF jumps (at least Level 4). I doubt he's done much more since that's all that appears on his web site. I'd expect a -real- rocket skydive to take me up to at least 30,000 and eventually up to at least 103,000, but for now he's only going up to 15,000 so no real "advanced" training required.

I'll say one thing, this guy has some serious cash on hand and really knows how to spend it!

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[sammer 0]

Brian Germain has a link to this guys site on his "about us" page. It says something about Big Air Sports doing some research for the "civilian space program". I wonder if Brian didn't plant the seed in this guys head.

[Zenister 0]

interesting....but i'd really really have to examine the 'escape' hatch... 15k of freefall while stuck inside a cylinder would rrrrrreally suck....

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[wildblue 7]

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At the booster's highest point, a handle is pulled, a door kicks off, and Brian "Rocket Guy" Walker's skydiving adventure begins.

Hope the door doesn't mal!

Did anyone else have one of those "Water powered rockets" when they were young? Those were fun, but I never thought of making a huge one and strapping myself to it! (just my GI Joe's)

it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

[VectorBoy 0]

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Brian Germain has a link to this guys site on his "about us" page. It says something about Big Air Sports doing some research for the "civilian space program". I wonder if Brian didn't plant the seed in this guys head.

It does sound like a freeflyer practical joke doesn't it ? Although normally one of them is usually stoned during the joke.

This guy had a website : rocket man or rocket guy, something like that. Tech TV did a tour a few back.

[billvon 3,107]

>Those were fun, but I never thought of making a huge one and
>strapping myself to it!

I've thought about it, but with a few changes:

1) make the water warm, then inject liquid nitrogen into the water. The nitrogen boils and you get constant pressure instead of an initially high pressure with a rapid dropoff.

2) use a similar scheme (pressurized tank) but use hydrogen peroxide instead of water, then put a catalyst in the nozzle. Lots more thrust without much more complication.

[wildblue 7]

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use a similar scheme (pressurized tank) but use hydrogen peroxide instead of water, then put a catalyst in the nozzle. Lots more thrust without much more complication.

Silver perhaps?!
Why not just use vinegar and baking soda?
... your neighbors might object to that one... nevermind...

it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality

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Lots more thrust without much more complication.

It would be, however, quite a bit more hazardous. Hydrogen Peroxide in the required concentration is pretty nasty stuff.

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[McDuck 0]

Whoa! Check out the big brain on Bill! That was an impressive modification to his idea. I'm impressed. Impressionable, even.

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[mnischalke 0]

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2) use a similar scheme (pressurized tank) but use hydrogen peroxide instead of water, then put a catalyst in the nozzle. Lots more thrust without much more complication.

Already done in rocket packs. A silver screen is the catalyst. Neat toys that cost a couple mil to build or buy and thousands to operate for a mere 30 seconds.

mike

Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills--You know, like nunchuk skills, bow-hunting skills, computer-hacking skills.

[billvon 3,107]

>Silver perhaps?!

Silver doesn't work that well for organic H2O2, but there are catalysts now that combine several metals (rhodium, palladium, platinum, silver etc) work pretty well. Another cool thing about H202 is you can either inject or mix another fuel (i.e. diesel) and get a much higher Isp.

>Why not just use vinegar and baking soda?

Too complicated!

[billvon 3,107]

>It would be, however, quite a bit more hazardous.

Hmm. I think I'd rather be on top of a huge tank of H202 pressurized to 30 PSI than on top of a huge tank of water pressurized to 5000 PSI. Only one is survivable if the tank fails.

[Kennedy 0]

anybody know what this guy invented that he can play with toys in the millions of dollars?

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One hugely profitable plaything -- the "bread and butter" of Walker's kingdom -- is the Light Chaser, picked up and sold in the millions by Disney.

OK, so what is this one?

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[Remster 30]

Info on his light thingies:

http://www.rocketguy.com/toys/light_chaser.html

And on his rocket stuff in general
http://www.rocketguy.com/rocket.html

Doenst anybody google anymore?

Remster

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Only one is survivable if the tank fails.

I'm not convinced that getting sprayed with 90% pure H2O2 is going to be survivable! (He mentions this is the target concentration.) You were talking about organic catalysts . . . I'm thinking human skin would work pretty well. I believe German P-Stoff was about this concentration and quite nasty.

http://yarchive.net/explosives/peroxide.html

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[jfields 0]

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http://www.rocketguy.com/toys/light_chaser.html

No Remster, those are not designed to be insertable, so cancel your order now.